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Hosea 12:9-14 English Standard Version (ESV)

9. I am the Lord your Godfrom the land of Egypt;I will again make you dwell in tents,as in the days of the appointed feast.

10. I spoke to the prophets;it was I who multiplied visions,and through the prophets gave parables.

11. If there is iniquity in Gilead,they shall surely come to nothing: in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; their altars also are like stone heaps on the furrows of the field.

12. Jacob fled to the land of Aram;there Israel served for a wife,and for a wife he guarded sheep.

13. By a prophet the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt,and by a prophet he was guarded.

14. Ephraim has given bitter provocation;so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him and will repay him for his disgraceful deeds.